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Our Foundation

In 1954 my father, Enrico Colussi and his brother, Giovanni Colussi, worked for an Australian Manufacturer of air compressors, Maurlyn Air Compressors. Some years later the owner, Mr Lorenzo Chiola sold the company to Olims Consolidated Limited, an investor who had an interest in owning the product and brand but not manufacturing. The manufacturing was put out to tender and my father and his brother won that tender. This started their venture as pump manufacturers.

In 1959 they started Colussi Brothers, what was to become Colussi Engineering Pty Ltd, in 1968. Some years later they saw an opportunity to create a better pump product in the pest control industry. With the help of Lorri Tescari, an old engineer from Maurlyn, the brothers created Nova Pumps. Nova Pumps grew to supply 100% of the pest control industry for its simplicity and reliability. We still produce them today to the original engineering standards. Originally Nova Pumps products were powered with Briggs & Stratton motors but went on to use Honda motors instead somewhere in the 1980s. Whenever Japanese Honda Engineers would come to Australia, they would come to visit the brothers with cameras in hand to observe and learn.